Name: Ozarks Regional Stockyards livestock auction prices — 2024-11-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-11-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, slaughter cows sold steady while slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Demand was good on a moderate supply of slaughter animals and bred cows and a light supply of pairs.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,568	146.43	2,296	36
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	Low	1,499	114.36	1,714	93
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,109	112.74	1,250	101
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Very Low	1,025	94.88	972	122

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	2nd/3rd Stage (4-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,253	$2,097	54
Bred Cows	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,131	$1,866	11
Bred Cows	All Stages (1-9 mo)	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,001	$1,408	53
Bred Heifers	All Stages (1-9 mo)	(<2 yrs)	891	$1,596	7
Bulls	N/A	(<2 yrs)	1,252	$2,255	2thin
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1,115	$2,120	5

Every lot, as filed

29 lots · USDA AMS · Ozarks Regional Stockyards Slaughter / Replacement Cattle - West Plains, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2	—	1,100	1,916.67/head	1,800.00–2,100.00	1,917	3
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,138	2,425.00/head	2,400.00–2,450.00	2,425	2
Bulls	—	—	1,480	127.81/cwt	120.00–137.00	1,892	8
Bulls	—	—	1,549	147.68/cwt	140.00–158.00	2,288	21
Bulls	—	—	1,726	163.94/cwt	159.00–167.00	2,830	7
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,473	103.35/cwt	91.00–108.00	1,522	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	811	68.69/cwt	60.00–75.00	557	10
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,135	102.95/cwt	96.00–107.00	1,168	60
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,105	130.62/cwt	111.00–162.50	1,443	27
Stock Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	988	181.54/cwt	172.50–200.00	1,794	5
Bred Cows	Small and Medium 2-3	—	758	745.05/head	650.00–850.00	745	2
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,050	1,900.00/head	1,900.00–1,900.00	1,900	3
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	968	131.15/cwt	114.00–168.00	1,270	19
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 2	—	1,174	1,571.87/head	1,250.00–1,775.00	1,572	16
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,278	2,118.08/head	1,850.00–2,550.00	2,118	48
Bred Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	900	1,654.67/head	1,600.00–1,900.00	1,655	5
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,161	1,853.07/head	1,800.00–2,150.00	1,853	8
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,468	121.46/cwt	120.00–129.00	1,783	21
Bulls	Medium 1-2	—	1,252	2,254.69/head	2,000.00–2,500.00	2,255	2
Bred Cows	Medium 2	—	936	1,371.46/head	775.00–1,750.00	1,371	35
Stock Cows	Medium 1-2	—	794	185.78/cwt	179.00–188.00	1,475	7
Bred Cows	Medium 1-2	—	1,053	1,932.30/head	1,825.00–2,050.00	1,932	6
Bred Heifers	Medium 1-2	—	870	1,450.00/head	1,450.00–1,450.00	1,450	2
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	917	88.05/cwt	78.00–95.00	807	47
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,136	114.65/cwt	111.00–118.00	1,302	5
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,063	112.93/cwt	109.00–118.00	1,200	68
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,203	121.68/cwt	118.00–132.00	1,464	18
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,204	101.12/cwt	90.00–108.00	1,217	15
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,516	114.45/cwt	110.00–120.00	1,735	58

How this sale compares

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

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